Vulnerability Details : CVE-2014-5266

Public exploit exists!
The Incutio XML-RPC (IXR) Library, as used in WordPress before 3.9.2 and Drupal 6.x before 6.33 and 7.x before 7.31, does not limit the number of elements in an XML document, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a large document, a different vulnerability than CVE-2014-5265.
Published 2014-08-18 11:15:27
Updated 2015-11-25 20:39:20
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Threat overview for CVE-2014-5266

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2014-5266
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 80
IPs affected by CVE-2014-5266 48
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2014-5266

Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days: 92.86%

Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less: ~ 99 % EPSS Score History EPSS FAQ

Metasploit modules for CVE-2014-5266

  • Wordpress XMLRPC DoS
    Disclosure Date: 2014-08-06
    First seen: 2020-04-26
    auxiliary/dos/http/wordpress_xmlrpc_dos
    Wordpress XMLRPC parsing is vulnerable to a XML based denial of service. This vulnerability affects Wordpress 3.5 - 3.9.2 (3.8.4 and 3.7.4 are also patched). Authors: - Nir Goldshlager - Christian Mehlmauer <FireFart@gmail.com>

CVSS scores for CVE-2014-5266

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source
5.0
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
10.0
2.9
 NIST

CWE ids for CVE-2014-5266

  • Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2014-5266

Products affected by CVE-2014-5266

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